Peterbilt’s Gansle Named to Used Truck Association Board

Anthony Gansle, Peterbilt's director of marketing and sales. Photo: Peterbilt

Peterbilt has announced that Anthony Gansle, director of marketing and sales, has been elected to the Used Truck Association's board of directors.

Peterbilt is an active participant in the used truck industry and with the UTA, including organizational sponsorship, facilitating plant tours for its members, and educational webinars on emerging technologies.

“Being a member of the UTA is an important part of the overall business of Peterbilt. It gives us an opportunity to educate the used truck community on vehicles and new technologies that will be coming to the used market,” said Gansle. “It also allows us to receive feedback on specifications and concerns specific to the used truck market. As a member of the board of directors, we will have the opportunity to serve the association to a greater extent.”

Outside of the UTA, Peterbilt established its Used Truck Dealer Council in 2015, launched the Red Oval Certified Pre-Owned Truck program later in 2015, and announced the Paccar Engine Pre-Owned Warranty in 2016.

The company noted that its Red Oval Certified Pre-Owned Truck program offers low-mileage trucks that are evaluated through with a 150-point inspection and reconditioning. The trucks come with a standard one-year, 125,000-mile Paccar Engine Pre-Owned Warranty and other Paccar Financial and Parts benefits.

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Superior Signals, Inc., has expanded its work light product line with the SYLED2000R heavy-duty LED work light.

The new work light has 12 LEDs and a light output of 2,000 lumens as well as a flood beam pattern. It comes with stainless steel mounting hardware, it is reverse polarity protected, and it has a weatherproof on/off switch.

The SYLED2000R comes with a three-year warranty, is rated to 30,000 working hours and has the following certifications: IP67, RoHS, and CE.

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Bridgestone Offers Ultra Wide Base Tires for Trucks and Trailers

Bridgestone Americas has launched two ultra wide base tires, the Greatec M835A Ecopia tire for the drive position and the Greatec R197 Ecopia tire for the trailer position.

Designed for use on the tandem-axel applications in long-haul service, the Greatec ultra wide base Ecopia tires are designed for better fuel-efficiency and delivers up to a 20% longer wear life than the previous generation offering, according to Bridgestone. The trailer tire delivers 6% better rolling resistance than the previous tire.

The Greatec M835A Ecopia tire and the Greatec R197 Ecopia tire are built with advanced technology including:

Like all Bridgestone Ecopia tires, the new line of Greatec ultra wide base tires are compatible with Bandag FuelTech retreads. The Greatec M835AEcopia tire and the Greatec R197 Ecopia tire are available in size 445/50R22.5.

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Stoughton releases newly designed trailer

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